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Modern slavery

The Modern Slavery Act 2015 consolidates and codifies the law on modern slavery. The key provision in the Modern Slavery Act 2015 for UK employers is section 54, which requires large commercial organisations to prepare a slavery and human trafficking statement for each financial year.


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    Top 10 HR questions March 2025: Carrying over annual leave

    by Brightmine 2 Apr 2025
    by Brightmine 2 Apr 2025

    Employers are asking whether annual leave can be carried over into the next holiday year after the rules changed in 2024.

    • Agency workers
    • Zero hours
    • Employment law

    Close loopholes that let rogue firms undercut best employers, say MPs

    by Rob Moss 3 Mar 2025
    by Rob Moss 3 Mar 2025

    MPs urge government to close loopholes that allow companies to exploit work insecurity and undercut Britain’s outstanding employers.  

    • Age discrimination
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    Football club faces modern slavery claim

    by Rob Moss 7 Feb 2025
    by Rob Moss 7 Feb 2025

    Crawley Town FC, according to the Guardian, asked kitman to work 100 hours a week for no extra pay.

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    Consultation launched on eradicating modern slavery in NHS

    by Rob Moss 21 Nov 2024
    by Rob Moss 21 Nov 2024

    Proposed new measures will legally require public bodies procuring for NHS to identify and mitigate risks of modern slavery.

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    • Migrant workers

    Jess Phillips signals new bid to tackle modern slavery backlog

    by Rob Moss 18 Oct 2024
    by Rob Moss 18 Oct 2024

    Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips announces plans to tackle Home Office backlog, ending uncertainty for modern slavery claimants.

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    • Global mobility
    • Migrant workers

    Why businesses must take heed of McDonald’s slavery case

    by Yash Dubal 4 Oct 2024
    by Yash Dubal 4 Oct 2024

    News that a branch of McDonald’s and a UK supermarket bread supplier unwittingly employed victims of slavery should serve as a warning to anyone recruiting from overseas.

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    • Maternity

    Top 10 HR questions September 2024: Sickness during disciplinaries

    by Brightmine 2 Oct 2024
    by Brightmine 2 Oct 2024

    Sickness absence during a disciplinary process is the top FAQ in September 2024's top HR questions on Brightmine.

    • Latest News
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    Modern slavery signs ‘missed’ by McDonald’s and others

    by Jo Faragher 30 Sep 2024
    by Jo Faragher 30 Sep 2024

    Modern slavery victims were forced to work at a McDonald’s branch and a pitta bread factory for years, a BBC investigation has revealed.

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    Labour would investigate exploitation of migrant care workers

    by Rob Moss 4 Jun 2024
    by Rob Moss 4 Jun 2024

    Labour's new employment enforcement body would investigate migrant care worker exploitation, says Yvette Cooper

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    Seasonal farm worker brings tribunal case over unpaid wages

    by Adam McCulloch 24 May 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 24 May 2024

    A Nepalese farm labourer is taking a case to employment tribunal that's thought to be the first of its kind in the UK.

    • National living wage
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    Employment law compliance: ‘ministers are dragging their feet’

    by Adam McCulloch 26 Oct 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 26 Oct 2023

    The government lacks the drive to enforce its latest Labour Market Enforcement Strategy, employment status experts have said.

    • Labour market
    • Migrant workers
    • Living Wage

    Modern slavery in care sector has more than doubled

    by Nic Paton 25 Jul 2023
    by Nic Paton 25 Jul 2023

    An investigation has revealed that cases of modern slavery reported within the UK care industry have more than doubled in...

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    • Hospitality
    • Ethics

    Home Office shifts modern slavery to immigration brief

    by Adam McCulloch 19 Oct 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 19 Oct 2022

    The Home Office has removed the modern slavery brief from the minister responsible for safeguarding and classed it as an ‘illegal immigration and asylum’ issue.

    • Corporate governance
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    Trust seeks better language and employability support for garment workers

    by Jo Faragher 13 Jun 2022
    by Jo Faragher 13 Jun 2022

    Workers in the garment industry in Leicester are still subject to substandard working conditions and lack access to fair pay and conditions.

    • Corporate governance
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    Modern slavery: 10% of companies fail to publish statements

    by Rob Moss 26 Apr 2022
    by Rob Moss 26 Apr 2022

    Compliance in publishing modern slavery statements was found wanting in a new review by the Financial Reporting Council.

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